How the locust got its stripes: The evolution of density-dependent aposematism

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 88-90

  Wilson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTION; HAZARD; HYPOTHESIS; LIZARD; LOCUST; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PALATABILITY; PREDATOR;

EID: 0033984139     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01687-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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